Ed Miliband Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue and I think that most people across the country would sympathise with the idea that there are lots of people with talent and ability all across this country who want to make more of themselves and part of the responsibility of government is to make that happen.”

“The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.”

“I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together.”

“Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist in all your views.”

“And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.”

“The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.”

“I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.”

“Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.”

“We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way.”

“Look, there is a sort of old view about class which is a very simplistic view that we have got the working class, the middle class and the upper class, I think it is more complicated than that.”